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Author: Lief Simon

12 Oct
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3 Perfectly Timed Investment Opportunities In Colombia

Three Ways To Cash In This Peace Dividend Last week a friend forwarded a report on Colombia issued by a U.S. investment group. The group is enthusiastically bullish on Colombia and finally prepared to recommend the country in the wake of the ceasefire agreed with the National Liberation Army (ELN). The Colombian government had already [...]
05 Oct
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Why Residency In Portugal Is Today’s Golden Opportunity

Portugal is hot. I’ve been focusing time and attention on this country for the past two-and-a-half years. My first visit I bought a small apartment as a rental investment that is proving to have been one of the best property investment purchases of my career (and that’s more than 40 buys across two-dozen countries). The […]

28 Sep
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Resources For Filing Taxes As An American Abroad

The Oct. 15 final deadline for every American who asked for an extension for filing his 2016 U.S. tax return is racing toward us… and I still need to complete mine. Kathleen and I return to Paris this weekend… and I know how I’ll be spending my first two weeks back in the City of […]

25 Sep
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Agricultural Property Investing: Scouting For Steady Yields

Here’s Where My Search For Reliable Yields Has Led Me… Pre-2008, anyone who could read a property ad was getting into real estate investing and buying anything he could afford. All those amateur investors helped to pump up the bubble and to distort markets all around the world. It’s hard to negotiate a reasonable price […]

11 Sep
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Finding More Affordable Health Care And Insurance Overseas

As Kathleen and I prepared these past several months to shift our situation and begin spending more time in Europe, I decided to take the transition as an opportunity to shop health insurance options. Health insurance is vastly more expensive in the United States than anywhere else in the world. That reality I’ve understood for […]

24 Aug
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My Simple (And Ever-Evolving) Strategy To Property Investing

What’s Your Property Investing Strategy? Here’s Mine… When I first started out investing in real estate overseas, my personal investment process was less refined than it is today. Twenty years ago when I got started at this, I would scout a new location to see what opportunities were available, and, because I could almost always [...]
14 Aug
Understanding How To Use A 1031 Like-Kind Exchange When Investing In Property Overseas

Dominican Republic: Top Choice To Get A Second Passport

The Dominican Republic is right now a land of opportunity. This country is among the best places to buy real estate in 2017, and certain areas in this country are the absolute best places to be shopping for affordable beachfront retirement digs and a great place to think about buying to let. Net rental yields […]

10 Aug
Mexico's Riviera Maya

Mexico’s Riviera Maya Is A Convenient Coastal Investment

This Is The Sweet Spot For Investment On This Coast Right Now I first scouted the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico for real estate investment opportunities some 15 years ago, when the Costa Maya was just coming on to the world’s radar. The Costa Maya has developed some since I first looked at the region, but [...]
03 Aug
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Cost of Living Overseas: Part Castles In Air, Part Compromise

A recent conference attendee wanted to know where in Panama City he could rent an apartment for US$500 a month or less. He’d decided he wanted to retire to Panama City and had set his housing budget at what he currently pays in property taxes and insurance for the paid-for house he lives in Texas. […]